FAITH CAPSULE: His promise does not return back to Him void except man becomes voided.

Deuteronomy 1

When it was time for the Israelites to possess the promise of God they were called to move from dwelling at mountain bottom. Mountain bottom could be a place of comfort that takes away the sight of potential breakthrough for man. The Bible recorded in Deuteronomy 1:6-7, “The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.” It is possible for man to engage comfort and not continue in the journey to possess fully. Are you dwelling long enough not to continue to pursue and possess?
When God called the Israelites out of the mountain bottom, He called their attention by stating, “See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land…” (Deuteronomy 1:8) Possessing what is yet at hand demands faith to see in the place of nothing. God’s promises in His word are not visible in the physical until man begins to see it as true and go after it. The truth is that God’s word cannot fail deliver. Above all, His word does not return back to Him void except man becomes voided in rising and engaging what He has promised to do.
In addition to coming out of mountain bottom (comfortable dwelling position) and not being able to see, there shall be no room for fear and discouragement. Moses warned about fear and discouragement while emphasizing to the Israelites the need to see and be able to possess in Deuteronomy 1:21, “Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.” Fear is the opposite of faith. Fear sinks faith while discouragement is what takes away the ability to see in line of what God has promised.

Can you consider where you are in the promise of God for your life? It is important to identify if you have actually engage to rising in effort to possess. Have you allowed fear and discouragement to take over the driver seat of your journey? It is important for man to know that God is forever faithful with His promise. Do not fail to fully engage and possess the promise of God.
God called Abraham “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son…” (Genesis 22:3) Abraham rose up to God’s calling. Rise up and not delay!

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to rise to His promise for your life.